Re: How does bash interpret tilde character?

[debian-user@howorth.org.uk]

Patrick Wiseman <pwiseman@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 10, 2025, 10:25 AM Richard Owlett <rowlett@access.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > About 5 years ago the response I got was:  
> > > Use the 'history' command, or 'cat ~/.bash_history'.  
> >
> > I have two questions:
> >     1. in context, what does " ~/ " mean?
> >     2. what reference would answer a similar question?
> >        [ NOTE BENE: The search may be more beneficial than the
> > answer ] 
> 
> It's your home directory. I would think any bash reference would tell
> you so, but don't have one in front of me at the moment.

Even google tells me! It gives me several different ways of saying the
same thing.

> Patrick